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FATHER LANGSTBOTH 18 DEAD. 



Dear, old Father Langstroth, so long the 

 idol of bee-keepers has passed away. Death 

 came Sauday Oct., G, in the form of apoplexy, 

 while he was preaching at a church in Day- 

 ton, Ohio, where he lived. lu a long talk 

 that he and I had at Toronto ho referred so 

 feelingly to the wife of his youth — not a day 

 of the long twenty years since she was called 

 hence that he has not thought of her and 

 longed to be with her again. Now they are 

 together. " The grand old man "was the 

 title given him reverently by admiring 

 friends, and never was a title more deserved. 

 A grander truer man I never knew. Long 

 will his memory he green in the hearts of 

 bee-keepers and friends. 



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The Nobth Ameeioan again did the in- 

 justice of not having as many sessions as 

 advertised. The convention usually lasts 

 three days, but at two or three late meetings 

 the last session or two have been lopped off 

 that some of the members might " go some 

 where. " When President Holtermann sugj 

 gested that we hold an evening session first 

 and then have only two days after that I ac- 

 quiesced, thinking that, in this case, the 

 time would all be occupied. But it wasn't. 

 The last afternoon was cut off so that those 

 who wished could go to the Industrial Fair. 

 If everybody had wished to go to the Fair 

 that plan might not have been so objectional, 

 but, aslsat in the hotel during the afternoon, 

 not being able to go to the Fair, at least a 

 dozen complained to me most bitterly of 

 this action of the convention. These men 

 had attended the Fair in the forenoon, be- 

 cause they were not interested in the topics 

 that were to come up at that time, but were 

 interested in those set down for the after- 

 noon. When an Association advertises to 

 hold a certain number of sessions, I think 

 they better be held as advertised, unless 

 there is some better reason than that some of 

 the members " want to go somewhere. " 



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NUMBEBING HIVES — HONEY EEGISTEES. 



In another column will be found an arti- 

 cle from Mr. W. E. Lamb on the above sub- 

 ject. He is very fair in his criticism, and I 

 can see that in the case of a farmer, as he 

 mentions, a register might be convenient, 

 and I shall be glad to publish a description 

 of the plan that he uses if he will have the 

 kindness to send it. 



In regard to using a register to show when 

 a super was put on, and then judging by 

 the strength of the colony, the honey flow, 

 etc., as to when more surplus room is need- 

 ed, I would say that a honey register attach- 

 ed to each super is away ahead of that. A 

 honey register is simi)ly two common pins 

 with about one-fourth inch of their point 

 bent at right angles with the pins, and then 

 these points driven into the side of the su - 

 per. Before driving in the pins a piece of 

 manilla card board is tacked on the -side of 

 the super, the pins being driven through 

 this. The point of one pin is driven in the 

 center of a circle of figures ( or they may be 

 in a square for that matter ) representing 

 the days of the month. The other pin i 6 

 driven in the center of four " indications. 

 The one at the top says " Adjusted. " One- 

 fourth around the circle to the right are the 

 words " one-fourth. " At the bottom it says 

 "one-half." One-fourth farther around on 

 the circle it says "three-fourths." These 

 pins are really two dials, one serving to 

 give the date, the other the indications. 

 For instance, we put on the super the 1st 

 day of June. The pin in the center of the 

 dates is turned to the figure " 1. " The 

 other dial is turned to the first letter in the 

 beginning of the word " adjusted. " No 

 dial is needed for the months, as no one is 

 likely to be "off "a month in his calcula- 

 tions. If the conditions are favorable, an 

 examination a week later will find the super 

 one-fourth or one half full — possibly more. 

 Whatever it is, one pin is turned to the date, 

 and the other turned forward to indicate 

 the amount of work that has been done. If 

 it should happen that no work has been 

 done in the super, the date pin is left un- 

 touched, but the other one is turned forward . 

 to the last letter of the word " adjusted. " 

 At a later date, if the super is still found un- 

 occupied it can be seen how long it has been 

 on the hive, and some kind of conclusion 

 can be drawn as to whether it is best to " in- 

 quire into the case. " In putting on addi- 

 tional cases during a honey flow, or taking 

 off filled sections, these registers are a great 

 aid, as a glance shows the condition of each 

 case at a certain previous date. There is no 

 tedious writing, simply the turn of a couple 

 of pins that takes almost no time at all, 

 and it doesn't matter if the fingers should 

 be daubed with honey. I cannot help think- 

 ing that if I were a farmer-bee-keeper, work- 

 ing after the style mentioned by my friend 



